The Anchorage facility
has extensive microfilm holdings of value for genealogy research, among
them:
- Federal population
censuses for all States, 1790-1930 (including indexes for 1880, 1900,
1910, and 1920);
- over 500 census
index books for the years 1790-1870, with some gaps;
- military service
records;
- pension and bounty
land warrant applications;
- passenger arrival
records;
- Native Alaskan
censuses;
- naturalization
records.
Self-service microfilm
readers and reader-printers are available without appointment. A 2-hour
limit is imposed when researchers are waiting. Researchers from outside
a reasonable driving distance from Anchorage may reserve readers for a
longer period. Researchers using microfilm do not need a researcher's
ID card.
